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Tei Mɨayema
2025 | Color | 14:02
Deep in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Nayarit, Tei Mɨayema is a secondary school founded by Ubaldo, who fights to provide education to the youth of his Wixárika community without forcing them to leave their land. Their story reveals the challenges of preserving language and culture in the face of institutional rejection of their intercultural model, making Tei Mɨayema a symbol of strengthening their people’s identity and autonomy.

Country: México
Direction: Vega Flores; Antonio
Script: Sosa Guzmán; Rodrigo, Vázquez Vázquez; Ubaldo, Vega Flores; Antonio
Production: Guillén González; Alejandra del Rocío, Vázquez Vázquez; Ubaldo
Photography: Vega Flores; Antonio
Sound: Santana; Sebastián
Music: Carrillo Montoya; Crispín
Cast:Vázquez Vázquez; Ubaldo
Art direction: N/A
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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